File leaf or holder for sales-slips, &amp;c.



G.`W. ZIMMER a G. W. BENJAMIN. PILE LEAP 0R HLDBR POB. SALES SLIPS,.dic.

APPLICATION FILED 0GT.3, 1910.

Patented Jau 317, 1911.

UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

CONRAD W. ZIMMER, OE BUFFALO, AND GEORGE W. BENJAMIN, OE ROCHESTER, NEWYORK, .AssIGNOEs To COMMERCIAL REGISTER COMPANY, OE ROCHESTER, NEW

ironie -To qllwhom 'it may concern:

Beitilnown that We, CONRAD W'. ZIMMER7 acitienof the United States,residing at Buffalo,l in the county of Erie and State of l\leW` Yor-k1and GEORGE W. BENJAMIN, a clitizenof the United States, residing atRochester; in the county of Monroe and SttefrNeWtYoi-k, have invented anew and usefult- Irnprovement in File Leaves .or Holders 'frSales-Slips,&c., of which the followin'gisa-Spe'eileation.

Tliis'- invention relates to file leaves or holders'iiployed for'holding .duplicate sales slipsgacc'oun'tsor other papers in an orderlyarrangement for referencev purposes, and iiiore particularly to tileleaves of that sort which-are prowlded"with` spring clips for releasbly4retaining the sales slips or other papers-jiuplace thereon; The springclips are -'oft he;type shown in U. S. Letters Patto .tenerne-Huber,and; consist. of coiled springs-which' -are passed through holes in theleaves ofzthe file inI such manner as to prov-ide" a "spring coil orclip on each .side of thfleaf which presses against the leaf andibetweenwhich and the leaf the papers .are clamped or retained b v thevln'essure of the clip`,"onc spring Coil thus constituting in ,ellecttwo spring-hold111gl clips which serve `ti h old the papers'on oppositesides of the leaf- T i'e clips. as generalbT constructed are secured 1nplace only by being passed throigliv the holes in the leavespandthey aretherefore liable to Swing or be shiftedout ,of their proper positionwhen' papers-"are inserted beneath or withdrawn from under theclipsf1While this does not impair the holding action of the clips,`itdetracts'frolnA the orderly and neat anpearance'of the' tile. Une objectof this invention is to constructthe spiin'g"eoil's forming the clips iusuchmanner that they can he readily secured to the leaves ofthe file. toform the clips and Iwill be held 'from swinging or shifting outSpecitication of'Letters Patent.

Application filed October '3,

FILE LEAF O25. HOLDER FOR S ALES-SLIPS, &C.

Patented J an. 31, 1911. -19410. serial No. 585,018.

eating cardstvhich extend above the upper edge of the sales slips andhave names or some other desi-gnatingmark at their upper ends showingthe particular account or matter to which their respective slips relate.These cards are more or less permanent in their nature and are generallyretained for a considerable lengtlrof time in the san-1e place on theleaf.

.A further object-of this invention is t0 lprovide the. leaf with simpleand inexpensive means for ,holding the indicating cards in position onjits face, so that these cards will not be ldisturbed O1' displaced bythe insertion and withdrawal of the sales slips.

ln the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 is a front elevation of a fileleaf Or holder embodying the invention. Fig. 2 is a fragmentary sectionthereof on line :'2-2, F ig'l.V Fig. 3 is -a fragmentary perspectiveview of opposite spring clips. showingt the leaf broken away betweenthem. Fig. l' is a fragmentary perspective view of the leaf,`

showing the holdingr devices for the indicat mg cards. 151 5 isafragmentary elevation of a tile leaf of n'iodlfied construction. Fig.

.U is a fragmentariv perspective view-of one of the spring clipsdetached.

Like reference characters refer to like parts in the .several figures.

represents a tile leaf or holder ujhieh is of usual construction. beingineferabtv formed of some suitable stiff durable material. such as sheetmetal. The leaf is provided on its opposite faces ivith a series ofspring holdingclips B which are :1i-ranged in transverse andlongitudinal rows thereon and are adapted to engage "and retain thesales sli-ps or other papers c on the opopsite faces of the leaf.

The corresponding spring clipsj B on opposite sides o'f the leaf areconstructed in the usual manner, cach consislixgof a sin- `gle coiledspring Y) which is twisted and', as 'shown in Figs. 1 Q and 3. extendsthrough a hole b1in'the leaf so as to provide coils O11 both sides ofthe .leaf which press against' the leaf and constitute the holding clipsB. The ends of these coils, however, instead of being left fleeand'unattached to the leaf,' as in the former. constructions, are secured tothe leaf so that the springholding clips B :re held from'A swinging vorshifting.,their4 shown= the' opposite ends of the spring fr pos tion onthe'leaf. In .the construction which forms the clips are provided withhooks b2 and the leaf is provided with suitable holes b3 in Which thehooks of the spring are adapted to engage. The hooks b2 of each sprinare offset laterally toward each other, 'as s'iown in Fig. G, and theirends extend outwardly away from the coils in planes substantiallyparallel therewith. 'The offset portions of the hooks are adapted tobear in the holes Z13 of the leaf while their ends lie against theopposite faces of the leaf and prevent the hooks from becoming detachedfrom the leaf. The ends of-thc spring are thus held from movement on the15 leaf and this serves to retain the clips in their proper .positionand prevent them from shifting out of the same when sales slips orpapers are being inserted lunder or removed from the clips.

The construction of the hooked ends of the springs is such that thesprings can be easily an quickly secured in place on the leaves. .Thisis done by placing the spring against the leaf and inserting the hookedend of the outside coil through the hole Z1 and then assing the springithrough the holes to bring its coils into proper position to form thespring clips B on opposite sides fthe leaf. The hooks b2 of the springcan then be inserted into the holes b3 into engagement with the oppositesides of the ,leaf

`and the ends of the spring thus secured in place on the leaf.

While the above described construction is preferable as it permitstheisprings to be economically constructed and readily and 4 securelyattached to the leaf, any other suitable means for fastening the ends ofthe 5 spring' to theleaf may be employed, if de- 0 slred.

The'spring holding clips -B are preferably arranged on theleaf as shownin Figs. l' and 2, so as to engage the lower'end portions of the salesslips or other pa ers Which-are inserted under them, and etween thesales slips of each spring clip 4and the face ofthe leaf is arranged:1n-indicating card of usual form `which is adapted to project above theupper end of the saless'lips where it is provided with a name or otherdesignating mark which is plainly' visible on the face of the leaf. Thelower ends of these cards are held in place on the leaf by the salesslips or by the spring clips B beneath' which they preferably extend.

In inserting and withdrawing thc sales slips, the indicating cards tendto shift their position on the leaf and become disairanged. For thepurpose of preventing this and holding the cards so that they will' beretained inA their respective positions, the leaf lis provided onopposite sides with offset holding fingers or clips E, preferably formedintegrally therewith, beneath which the upper ends of the indicatingcards can be inserted and which serve to retain the cards in plac'c onthe face of the leaf.-

To prevent the indicating cards from 'shifting laterally under theretaining fingers referably provided at The retaining deviceis exceedinly simple' and inexpensive. It can be casi formed in the leaf, ifdesired, Without eti-acting from the appearance or utility thereof andoccupies little space and-lies close to the leaf so that it does notprevent the leaf from'being combined with other similar leaves to forma. book or file registe1', nor interfere with the free movement oftheleaves relative to each other.

In the modified construction shown in Fig. 5, the leaf is provided withan elongated curved slot F through'which the central portion of thespring b extends with its o posite ends secured to t-he 'opposite Sideso the leaf, as in t-he construction above described. The slot F allowsalimited lateral movement of .that part of the spring whichpassesthrougliit and this serves'to increase the flexibility of thecoils on the,opposite sides of the leaf so that they can be more easilysprung away from the leaf for inserting slips 'beneath them and areadapted to receire and hold in place a greater number of slips than inthe other construction, lVe claim as onr invention:

l. The combination with a .le leaf, of means forV retaining slips onopposite sides thereof consisting of a spring Wircpassing through theleaf and having retaining portions on opposite sides of the leaf, andmeans for fastening the opposite ends of the Wire which are located:1t-'opposite sides of the leaf to the leaf to hold said retaininnrportions frorn shifting on the leaf, substani tially as set forth.

2. The combination with a file leaf, of means for 1ctainingslips onopposite sides thereof consisting of'a spring Wire passing through theleaf and having retaining portions on opposite sides of thc leaf, the opositc ends of the wire which are .locate at opposite sides of the leafhaving parts which i engage ivith parts on the leaf to hold saidretaining portions from shifting on the leaf, substantially as setforth.

3. The combination with a file leaf, ofV

m'eans for retaining slips on opposite sides thereof consisting of aspring wne passing through the leaf and having retaining portions onopposite sides of the leaf,- the oppo 'hold seid feminin clip ferbonnie; the eini'tl in plnee on the leaf,

,initially ne se' l in .lll

en foittlin f eoi'nliiini l en w ,.l- L file .heeft1 of e,

spi-.ing n eeeni'etl tiiei'etn foi holding slips nn the leef, nninpiwiil'ing eaitl yaiafnged nntlei" the eline incl timing e notchformed therein, fi-nui :t ietiinnng deviee on the teef Wlnnlfl enge. eein seid notch for non', nog; the

ni'iilmtlng Marcil from shifting)r en the leef,

. "tisillv' r ,fet foi-til.

tenv 'with e` file leaf, of Slips on opposite Sides of the leefiinlientn emule arranged innolei1 'tions on opposite sides the slips,and retaining fingers formed integrally With'said leaf and pi'ojectngzitolppoA site sides thereof for' engaging seid indicating` nerds onopposite sides of the leaf and iet-fiining them in place thereon,substantially :is setv forth.

The combination with a file leaf, of ineens for retaining slips onopposite sides thereof consisting; of it spring Wire passing through theleaf and having retaining porof the leaf, the opp@y site ends of thewire which are located on epposite sides of-tlie leaf being offsetlaterally und entering holes in the leaf to secure the ends Mieli-eteand to hold said retaining portions f1-mn shifting on the leaf, substan*tizilly forth,

Witness our hands this 28th day of Septeinliei',y i910. l

CONRAD YV. ZIMMER. GEORGE WT. BENJAMIN. WVitnesses c El C. HURD, C. B.HORNBECK.,

